June 12^th, 2005:

Another lovely day; warm, sunny, gentle winds, almost a carbon copy of yesterday.

We went to Saskatoon on Monday, then on to Airdrie on Tuesday. It started to rain and blow before we got to Rosetown and didn’t quit all the way. Blaine said they got over three inches overnight. The news was full of urgent messages for residents south of Calgary where they were really battling floods, but up north of Calgary, the moisture was welcome. I was told that prior to this rain, they hadn’t had an inch all spring, and almost no snow last winter. I was surprised at how far advanced some of the crops were.

Our grandniece was graduating with a degree in fine arts; we didn’t go to the exercises, but did get together with her and her family out at Sandy’s place. They are from Prince George, so we don’t see them all that often. Doreen had made a memory book for her nephew for his fiftieth birthday. She put months of work into it and it was a real masterpiece. She had to see his face when she gave it to him, and she wasn’t disappointed.

Then we raced back to Saskatoon on Thursday, and to Tisdale on Friday, where we spent the afternoon at our old store, trying to sort out the junk from the assets. Mike, Marg and Jenny came to help and we got a lot done.

Back to Tisdale on Saturday and this time we had Aaron and some of his friends, and Lloyd and his cube van to help. Nancy Duns also spent a lot of time helping us. We hauled a lot of stuff to Greenwater and Kelvington for storage. People who knew us in our Tisdale days would remember Donna and Donny Hage - Donna worked for us for years, and now has her own framing business in Lanigan. They bought quite a bit of our framing equipment and as a bonus we had a very enjoyable reunion.

That day started when I awoke about 6, and we didn’t get to bed until about one AM. I am too old for that kind of foolishness! There was a break when the parade went past. I went out and watched, and took a few pictures, but I don’t even know what it was in aid of!

This morning, we slept in and didn’t go to Tisdale until after lunch. We worked until six, got a lot of stuff out, then went for supper to Mr. Ribs.

They are building new sidewalks all along that street, out of paving blocks. They have a very attractive waving pattern. Mayor Rollie Zimmer was in front of the store on Friday, cutting blocks and fitting them. I asked him what a poor guy was supposed to do when he came out of the beer parlor and tried to walk down the sidewalk - he thought instead of staggering all over the place, he might be able to walk a straight line.

We were sitting around on Saturday, having a beer and resting. I made a remark that got a chuckle, and Marg said: “That Grandpa! You never know what’s going to come out of his mouth!” and quick as a flash, Danny came back with: “Yeah, bad words or teeth!”

So that has been our week, and are we ever tired! We haven’t talked to anyone around Greenwater for what seems like ages so don’t know what is going on. Tomorrow morning, we are going for coffee, rain or shine, and see if anyone still remembers us.